English Dictionary: buffet | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Babbitt \Bab"bitt\, v. t. To line with Babbitt metal. | |
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Babehood \Babe"hood\, n. Babyhood. [R.] --Udall. | |
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Baby \Ba"by\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Babied} ([?]); p. pr. & vb. n.{Babying}.] To treat like a young child; to keep dependent; to humor; to fondle. --Young. | |
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Babyhood \Ba"by*hood\, n. The state or period of infancy. | |
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Baft \Baft\ (b[acr]ft). n. Same as {Bafta}. | |
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Bafta \Baf"ta\ (b[acr]f"t[adot]), n. [Cf. Per. baft. woven, wrought.] A coarse stuff, usually of cotton, originally made in India. Also, an imitation of this fabric made for export. | |
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Beaufet \Beau"fet\, n. [See {Buffet}.] A niche, cupboard, or sideboard for plate, china, glass, etc.; a buffet. A beaufet . . . filled with gold and silver vessels. --Prescott. | |
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Beef \Beef\, a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, beef. {Beef tea}, essence of beef, or strong beef broth. | |
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Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}. | |
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Beefwood \Beef"wood`\, n. An Australian tree ({Casuarina}), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees {Stenocarpus salignus} of New South Wales, and {Banksia compar} of Queensland. | |
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d8Casuarina \[d8]Cas`u*a*ri"na\, n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus {Casuarius}.] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called {beefwood} from its color. | |
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Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}. | |
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Beefwood \Beef"wood`\, n. An Australian tree ({Casuarina}), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees {Stenocarpus salignus} of New South Wales, and {Banksia compar} of Queensland. | |
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d8Casuarina \[d8]Cas`u*a*ri"na\, n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus {Casuarius}.] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called {beefwood} from its color. | |
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Porkwood \Pork"wood`\, n. (Bot.) The coarse-grained brownish yellow wood of a small tree ({Pisonia obtusata}) of Florida and the West Indies. Also called {pigeon wood}, {beefwood}, and {corkwood}. | |
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Beefwood \Beef"wood`\, n. An Australian tree ({Casuarina}), and its red wood, used for cabinetwork; also, the trees {Stenocarpus salignus} of New South Wales, and {Banksia compar} of Queensland. | |
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d8Casuarina \[d8]Cas`u*a*ri"na\, n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus {Casuarius}.] (Bot.) A genus of leafless trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called {beefwood} from its color. | |
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Befit \Be*fit"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Befitted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Befitting}.] To be suitable to; to suit; to become. That name best befits thee. --Milton. | |
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Behave \Be*have"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behaved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behaving}.] [AS. behabban to surround, restrain, detain (akin to G. gehaben (obs.) to have, sich gehaben to behave or carry one's self); pref. be- + habban to have. See {Have}, v. t. ] 1. To manage or govern in point of behavior; to discipline; to handle; to restrain. [Obs.] He did behave his anger ere 't was spent. --Shak. 2. To carry; to conduct; to comport; to manage; to bear; -- used reflexively. Those that behaved themselves manfully. --2 Macc. ii. 21. | |
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Behoove \Be*hoove"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Behooved}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Behooving}.] [OE. bihoven, behoven, AS. beh[?]fian to have need of, fr. beh[?]f. See {Behoof}.] To be necessary for; to be fit for; to be meet for, with respect to necessity, duty, or convenience; -- mostly used impersonally. And thus it behooved Christ to suffer. --Luke xxiv. 46. [Also written {behove}.] | |
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Beweep \Be*weep"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bewept}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Beweeping}.] [AS. bew[?]pan; pref. be- + weep.] To weep over; to deplore; to bedew with tears. [bd]His timeless death beweeping.[b8] --Drayton. | |
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Bifid \Bi"fid\, a. [L. bifidus; bis twice + root of findere to cleave or split: cf. F. bifide.] Cleft to the middle or slightly beyond the middle; opening with a cleft; divided by a linear sinus, with straight margins. | |
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Biped \Bi"ped\, n. [L. bipes; bis twice + pes, pedis, [?]oot: cf. F. bip[8a]de.] A two-footed animal, as man. | |
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Biped \Bi"ped\, a. Having two feet; two-footed. By which the man, when heavenly life was ceased, Became a helpless, naked, biped beast. --Byrom. | |
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Bob \Bob\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Bobbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Bobbing}.] [OE. bobben. See {Bob}, n.] 1. To cause to move in a short, jerking manner; to move (a thing) with a bob. [bd]He bobbed his head.[b8] --W. Irving. 2. To strike with a quick, light blow; to tap. If any man happened by long sitting to sleep . . . he was suddenly bobbed on the face by the servants. --Elyot. 3. To cheat; to gain by fraud or cheating; to filch. Gold and jewels that I bobbed from him. --Shak. 4. To mock or delude; to cheat. To play her pranks, and bob the fool, The shrewish wife began. --Turbervile. 5. To cut short; as, to bob the hair, or a horse's tail. | |
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Bobwhite \Bob"white`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) The common quail of North America ({Colinus, or Ortyx, Virginianus}); -- so called from its note. | |
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{Booby hatch} (Naut.), a kind of wooden hood over a hatch, readily removable. {Booby hut}, a carriage body put upon sleigh runners. [Local, U. S.] --Bartlett. {Booby hutch}, a clumsy covered carriage or seat, used in the eastern part of England. --Forby. {Booby trap}, a schoolboy's practical joke, as a shower bath when a door is opened. | |
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Bovate \Bo"vate\, n. [LL. bovata, fr. bos, bovis, ox.] (O.Eng.Law.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres. | |
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Bovid \Bo"vid\, a. [L. bos, bovis, ox, cow.] (Zo[94]l.) Relating to that tribe of ruminant mammals of which the genus {Bos} is the type. | |
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Bull \Bull\, n. [OE. bule, bul, bole; akin to D. bul, G. bulle, Icel. boli, Lith. bullus, Lett. bollis, Russ. vol'; prob. fr. the root of AS. bellan, E. bellow.] 1. (Zo[94]l.) The male of any species of cattle ({Bovid[91]}); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale. Note: The wild bull of the Old Testament is thought to be the oryx, a large species of antelope. 2. One who, or that which, resembles a bull in character or action. --Ps. xxii. 12. 3. (Astron.) (a) Taurus, the second of the twelve signs of the zodiac. (b) A constellation of the zodiac between Aries and Gemini. It contains the Pleiades. At last from Aries rolls the bounteous sun, And the bright Bull receives him. --Thomson. 4. (Stock Exchange) One who operates in expectation of a rise in the price of stocks, or in order to effect such a rise. See 4th {Bear}, n., 5. {Bull baiting}, the practice of baiting bulls, or rendering them furious, as by setting dogs to attack them. {John Bull}, a humorous name for the English, collectively; also, an Englishman. [bd]Good-looking young John Bull.[b8] --W. D.Howells. {To take the bull by the horns}, to grapple with a difficulty instead of avoiding it. | |
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Buffet \Buf*fet"\ (b[oocr]f*f[amac]"), n. [F. buffet, LL. bufetum; of uncertain origin; perh. fr. the same source as E. buffet a blow, the root meaning to puff, hence (cf. puffed up) the idea of ostentation or display.] 1. A cupboard or set of shelves, either movable or fixed at one side of a room, for the display of plate, china, etc., a sideboard. Not when a gilt buffet's reflected pride Turns you from sound philosophy aside. --Pope. 2. A counter for refreshments; a restaurant at a railroad station, or place of public gathering. | |
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Buffet \Buf"fet\ (b[ucr]f"f[ecr]t), n. [OE. buffet, boffet, OF. buffet a slap in the face, a pair of bellows, fr. buffe blow, cf. F. bouffer to blow, puff; prob. akin to E. puff. For the meaning slap, blow, cf. F. soufflet a slap, souffler to blow. See {Puff}, v. i., and cf. {Buffet} sidebroad, {Buffoon}] 1. A blow with the hand; a slap on the face; a cuff. When on his cheek a buffet fell. --Sir W. Scott. 2. A blow from any source, or that which affects like a blow, as the violence of winds or waves; a stroke; an adverse action; an affliction; a trial; adversity. Those planks of tough and hardy oak that used for yeas to brave the buffets of the Bay of Biscay. --Burke. Fortune's buffets and rewards. --Shak. 3. A small stool; a stool for a buffet or counter. Go fetch us a light buffet. --Townely Myst. | |
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Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. i. 1. To exercise or play at boxing; to strike; to smite; to strive; to contend. If I might buffet for my love, or bound my horse for her favors, I could lay on like a butcher. --Shak. 2. To make one's way by blows or struggling. Strove to buffet to land in vain. --Tennyson. | |
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Buffet \Buf"fet\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Buffeted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Buffeting}.] [OE. buffeten, OF. buffeter. See the preceding noun.] 1. To strike with the hand or fist; to box; to beat; to cuff; to slap. They spit in his face and buffeted him. --Matt. xxvi. 67. 2. To affect as with blows; to strike repeatedly; to strive with or contend against; as, to buffet the billows. The sudden hurricane in thunder roars, Buffets the bark, and whirls it from the shores. --Broome. You are lucky fellows who can live in a dreamland of your own, instead of being buffeted about the world. --W. Black. 3. [Cf. {Buffer}.] To deaden the sound of (bells) by muffling the clapper. | |
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Foot \Foot\ (f[oocr]t), n.; pl. {Feet} (f[emac]t). [OE. fot, foot, pl. fet, feet. AS. f[omac]t, pl. f[emac]t; akin to D. voet, OHG. fuoz, G. fuss, Icel. f[omac]tr, Sw. fot, Dan. fod, Goth. f[omac]tus, L. pes, Gr. poy`s, Skr. p[be]d, Icel. fet step, pace measure of a foot, feta to step, find one's way. [fb]77, 250. Cf. {Antipodes}, {Cap-a-pie}, {Expedient}, {Fet} to fetch, {Fetlock}, {Fetter}, {Pawn} a piece in chess, {Pedal}.] 1. (Anat.) The terminal part of the leg of man or an animal; esp., the part below the ankle or wrist; that part of an animal upon which it rests when standing, or moves. See {Manus}, and {Pes}. 2. (Zo[94]l.) The muscular locomotive organ of a mollusk. It is a median organ arising from the ventral region of body, often in the form of a flat disk, as in snails. See Illust. of {Buccinum}. 3. That which corresponds to the foot of a man or animal; as, the foot of a table; the foot of a stocking. 4. The lowest part or base; the ground part; the bottom, as of a mountain or column; also, the last of a row or series; the end or extremity, esp. if associated with inferiority; as, the foot of a hill; the foot of the procession; the foot of a class; the foot of the bed. And now at foot Of heaven's ascent they lift their feet. --Milton. 5. Fundamental principle; basis; plan; -- used only in the singular. Answer directly upon the foot of dry reason. --Berkeley. 6. Recognized condition; rank; footing; -- used only in the singular. [R.] As to his being on the foot of a servant. --Walpole. 7. A measure of length equivalent to twelve inches; one third of a yard. See {Yard}. Note: This measure is supposed to be taken from the length of a man's foot. It differs in length in different countries. In the United States and in England it is 304.8 millimeters. 8. (Mil.) Soldiers who march and fight on foot; the infantry, usually designated as the foot, in distinction from the cavalry. [bd]Both horse and foot.[b8] --Milton. 9. (Pros.) A combination of syllables consisting a metrical element of a verse, the syllables being formerly distinguished by their quantity or length, but in modern poetry by the accent. 10. (Naut.) The lower edge of a sail. Note: Foot is often used adjectively, signifying of or pertaining to a foot or the feet, or to the base or lower part. It is also much used as the first of compounds. {Foot artillery}. (Mil.) (a) Artillery soldiers serving in foot. (b) Heavy artillery. --Farrow. {Foot bank} (Fort.), a raised way within a parapet. {Foot barracks} (Mil.), barracks for infantery. {Foot bellows}, a bellows worked by a treadle. --Knight. {Foot company} (Mil.), a company of infantry. --Milton. {Foot gear}, covering for the feet, as stocking, shoes, or boots. {Foot hammer} (Mach.), a small tilt hammer moved by a treadle. {Foot iron}. (a) The step of a carriage. (b) A fetter. {Foot jaw}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Maxilliped}. {Foot key} (Mus.), an organ pedal. {Foot level} (Gunnery), a form of level used in giving any proposed angle of elevation to a piece of ordnance. --Farrow. {Foot mantle}, a long garment to protect the dress in riding; a riding skirt. [Obs.] {Foot page}, an errand boy; an attendant. [Obs.] {Foot passenger}, one who passes on foot, as over a road or bridge. {Foot pavement}, a paved way for foot passengers; a footway; a trottoir. {Foot poet}, an inferior poet; a poetaster. [R.] --Dryden. {Foot post}. (a) A letter carrier who travels on foot. (b) A mail delivery by means of such carriers. {Fot pound}, [and] {Foot poundal}. (Mech.) See {Foot pound} and {Foot poundal}, in the Vocabulary. {Foot press} (Mach.), a cutting, embossing, or printing press, moved by a treadle. {Foot race}, a race run by persons on foot. --Cowper. {Foot rail}, a railroad rail, with a wide flat flange on the lower side. {Foot rot}, an ulcer in the feet of sheep; claw sickness. {Foot rule}, a rule or measure twelve inches long. {Foot screw}, an adjusting screw which forms a foot, and serves to give a machine or table a level standing on an uneven place. {Foot secretion}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Sclerobase}. {Foot soldier}, a soldier who serves on foot. {Foot stick} (Printing), a beveled piece of furniture placed against the foot of the page, to hold the type in place. {Foot stove}, a small box, with an iron pan, to hold hot coals for warming the feet. {Foot tubercle}. (Zo[94]l.) See {Parapodium}. {Foot valve} (Steam Engine), the valve that opens to the air pump from the condenser. {Foot vise}, a kind of vise the jaws of which are operated by a treadle. {Foot waling} (Naut.), the inside planks or lining of a vessel over the floor timbers. --Totten. {Foot wall} (Mining), the under wall of an inclosed vein. {By foot}, [or] {On foot}, by walking; as, to pass a stream on foot. {Cubic foot}. See under {Cubic}. {Foot and mouth disease}, a contagious disease (Eczema epizo[94]tica) of cattle, sheep, swine, etc., characterized by the formation of vesicles and ulcers in the mouth and about the hoofs. {Foot of the fine} (Law), the concluding portion of an acknowledgment in court by which, formerly, the title of land was conveyed. See {Fine of land}, under {Fine}, n.; also {Chirograph}. (b). {Square foot}. See under {Square}. {To be on foot}, to be in motion, action, or process of execution. {To keep the foot} (Script.), to preserve decorum. [bd]Keep thy foot when thou goest to the house of God.[b8] --Eccl. v. 1. {To put one's foot down}, to take a resolute stand; to be determined. [Colloq.] {To put the best foot foremost}, to make a good appearance; to do one's best. [Colloq.] {To set on foot}, to put in motion; to originate; as, to set on foot a subscription. {To} {put, [or] set}, {one on his feet}, to put one in a position to go on; to assist to start. {Under foot}. (a) Under the feet; (Fig.) at one's mercy; as, to trample under foot. --Gibbon. (b) Below par. [Obs.] [bd]They would be forced to sell . . . far under foot.[b8] --Bacon. | |
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Bypath \By"path`\, n.; pl. {Bypaths}. A private path; an obscure way; indirect means. God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. --Shak. | |
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Babbitt, MN (city, FIPS 3106) Location: 47.64511 N, 91.94006 W Population (1990): 1562 (817 housing units) Area: 273.7 sq km (land), 2.8 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 55706 | |
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Bob White, WV Zip code(s): 25028 | |
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Baby AT size as the {XT} motherboard had (8.5" x 11") and could thus fit into an XT case. The original 12" x 13" AT motherboards are now largely forgotten. Compare {ATX}. (1997-02-20) |